INFORMS Open Forum

Submit an abstract that is due on October 1!!

Journal of Management Information Systems
Special Issue on Strategic Integration of Blockchain Technology into
Organizations

The special issue is open to strategic, managerial and organizational
issues related to how blockchain technology can be successfully deployed in
organizations and institutions. The papers should be original, not
submitted elsewhere, and make a significant novel contribution to the
domain, as required by a top-tier journal.

TOPICS OF INTEREST include, but are not limited to,

-        Integrating blockchain into business strategy
-        Creating and measuring business value from blockchain
-        Innovative models for blockchain applications at organizational or
industry level
-        Evaluation and selection criteria for blockchain deployment
-        Theories related to the adoption and success of blockchain
technologies
-        Processes for integrating blockchain into existing information
infrastructure
-        Overcoming resistance from process owners to streamline blockchain
-        Drivers of process redesign to integrate blockchain technologies
-        Learning from successful cases in business organizations,
governmental agencies, and institutions with demonstrable drivers of
blockchain technology
-        Smart contracts and blockchain-based smart services
-        Security in blockchain implementation
-        Overcoming nefarious and darker side of blockchain applications
-        Other topics relevant to blockchain technology integration with
strategy

IMPORTANT DATES

       The schedule is below (subject to change, if necessary):

-        Abstract submission: October 1, 2019
-        Full paper submission: January 15, 2020
-        First round review notification: May 1, 2020
-        Revised manuscript due: August 1, 2020
-        Decision notification: November 1, 2020
-        Final paper due: January 15, 2021
-        Special issue publication: mid-2021

All abstracts and manuscripts must be submitted to the email:
*jmis.blockchain.SI@gmail.com
<jmis.blockchain.SI@gmail.com>* with cc: to guest editors

GUEST EDITORS
Rajiv Kohli, John N. Dalton Memorial Professor of Business, Raymond A.
Mason School of Business, William & Mary, Rajiv.Kohli@mason.wm.edu

Ting-peng Liang, National Chair Professor, National Sun Yat-Sen University,
tpliang@mail.nsysu.edu.tw


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TP Liang
National Chair Professor
National Sun Yat-Sen University
Kaohsiung
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